Get ready for the return to the Planet of the Apes! The first trailer for the upcoming film Kingdom of The Planet of the Apes has officially been released.
The next installment of the Planet of the Apes franchise is set to debut early next year. While details about Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes have been sparse up until now, 20th Century Studios has finally released the first trailer for the film, signaling a whole new direction for the franchise.
Kingdom of The Planet of the Apes takes place several years after the last installment in the Planet of the Apes franchise: War for the Planet of the Apes. It seems as though this project is set to be a “soft reboot” for the franchise, with Andy Serkis not returning as the beloved Caesar in favor of a new lead in Owen Teague.
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Wes Ball, the man behind the Maze Runner trilogy from 20th Century Studios, is directing Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. The film’s script was written by Josh Friedman, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver and Patrick Aison. Jaffa and Silver are also producing alongside Joe Hartwick Jr. and Jason Reed, with Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping serving as executive producers.
Owen Teague is spearheading the cast of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, which also includes Freya Allen, Peter Macon, Eka Darville, Kevin Durand, Travis Jeffery, Neil Sandilands, Sara Wiseman, Ras-Samuel Welda’abzgi, Lydia Peckham, William H. Macy and Dichen Lachman. The film is set years after the events of 2017’s War for the Planet of the Apes, which ended with the death of Caesar.
The first film in the Planet of the Apes franchise was based on a novel by Pierre Boule. It was released in 1968 and followed Charlton Heston as an astronaut who crash-landed on a planet ruled by intelligent apes, only to discover he was actually on Earth several years after it had been devastated by a nuclear war. The highly-successful film resulted in several Planet of the Apes sequels, a TV series and 2001 remake by Tim Burton before Fox rebooted the franchise with a trilogy that started with 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, featuring Andy Serkis.
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